Permit are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

Where

• West side white sand

  hard flat · field manual · skinny

  6.4

  The cathedral. Schools by the acre, double-digit singles at dusk. Oct–June is the honest peak.

  • — hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Permit.
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• East side ocean cays

  hard flat · public structure · skinny

  6.4

  More weather, fewer people than the west-side lodge water.

  • — hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Permit.
  skiffwadefly

• Bights and creeks

  creek bight · field manual · mid

  6.0

  Resident tarpon Apr–Oct. Bones on the creek mouths on a moving tide.

  • — creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Tarpon.
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